Mauritania women's national football team

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Mauritania
Nickname(s)Mourabitounes
AssociationFootball Federation of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania
ConfederationCAF (Africa)
Sub-confederationWAFU (West Africa)
Head coachAbdallahi Diallo
CaptainFatou Dioup
Top scorerFatou Dioup(1 goal )
FIFA codeMTN
FIFA ranking
CurrentNR (10 December 2021)[1]
First international
 Djibouti 3-1 Mauritania 
(30 July 2019)[2]
Biggest defeat
 Tanzania 7-0 Mauritania 
(14 February 2020)

The Mauritania women's national football team has not played a single FIFA recognised match. Women's football is not supported by the Football Federation of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania and there are few opportunities for women to play the sport.

History[]

The team[]

In 1985, almost no country in the world had a women's national football team,[3] including Mauritania who did not play in a single FIFA sanctioned match between 1950 and June 2012.[4] The country did not have a FIFA recognised national senior or junior team in 2006,[5] and was unchanged in 2009.[6] In 2010, the country did not have a team competing in the African Women's Championships during the preliminary rounds.[7] The country did not have a team competing at the 2011 All Africa Games.[8] In March 2012, the team was not ranked in the world by FIFA.[9]

Federation[]

The national association, the Football Federation of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania, was founded in 1961 and became a FIFA affiliate in 1964.[5][10] Women's football is not represented by rule in the federation and they do not employee anyone specifically to look after women's football.[5] The federation has not participated in any FIFA sanctioned training courses for women's football.[6] Most of the funding for women's football in the country and for the women's national team comes from FIFA, not the national football association.[11]

Background and development[]

Football is the second most popular women's sport in the country, behind basketball which is number one.[5] In 2006, there were 100 registered female football players in the country, the first time such numbers were tracked.[5] Opportunities for play are limited as there are only four women's football teams in the country, women's football is not organised at schools, and mixed football is not allowed.[5]

The lack of development of the national team on a wider international level is symptomatic of wider problems on the continent, including limited access to education, poverty amongst women in the wider society, and fundamental inequality present in the society (especially present in Muslim-majority religious state countries, Mauritania being one such country) that occasionally allows for female-specific human rights abuses.[12] Early development of the women's game at the time colonial powers brought football to the continent was limited as colonial powers in the region tended to take make concepts of patriarchy and women's participation in sport with them to local cultures that had similar concepts already embedded in them.[13] Continent wide, if quality female football players do develop, they leave for greater opportunities abroad.[11] Future, success for women's football in Africa is dependent on improved facilities and access by women to these facilities. Attempting to commercialise the game and make it commercially is not the solution, as demonstrated by the many youth and women's football camps held on the continent.[13]


Team image[]

Nicknames[]

The Mauritania women's national football team have been nicknamed the "Mourabitounes".

Results and fixtures[]

Main article: Mauritania women's national football team results
See also: 2022 in association football, 2022 in sports, and FIFA International Match Calendar

The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.

  Win   Draw   Lose   Fixture

2021[]

20 October 2021 (2021-10-20) 2022 AFWCON qualification First round 1st leg Guinea-Bissau  1–0  Mauritania Bissau, Guinea-Bissau
  • 73'
 Report Stadium: Estádio 24 de Setembro
Referee: Sylvina Garnett (Liberia)
26 October 2021 (2021-10-26) 2022 AFWCON qualification First round 2nd leg Mauritania  0–1
(0–2 agg.)		  Guinea-Bissau Nouakchott, Mauritania
Report
  • 49'
 Stadium: Stade Olympique]
Referee: Félicité Kourouma (Guinea)
Note: Guinea-Bissau won 2–0 on aggregate.

Coaching staff[]

Current coaching staff[]

As of 9 July 2021
Position Name Ref.
Head coach Mauritania Abdallahi Diallo

Manager history[]

  • Mauritania Abdallahi Diallo (2019–)

Players[]

Current squad[]

See also: Category:Mauritania women's international footballers

The following players were named on 16 October 2021 for the 2022 Africa Women Cup of Nations qualification tournament.[14]

Caps and goals accurate up to and including 9 July 2021.

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1GK Mauritania
1GK Mauritania
1GK Mauritania
2DF Mauritania
2DF Mauritania
2DF Mauritania
2DF Mauritania
2DF Mauritania
2DF Mauritania
2DF Mauritania
3MF Fatou Dioup (captain) 1995 (age 26–27) 1 Morocco
3MF Mauritania
3MF Mauritania
3MF Mauritania
3MF Mauritania
3MF Mauritania
3MF Mauritania
3MF Mauritania
4FW Senegal
4FW Mauritania
4FW Mauritania
4FW Mauritania

Recent call-ups[]

The following players have been called up to a Djibouti squad in the past 12 months.

Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club Latest call-up


INJ Player withdrew from the squad due to an injury.
PRE Preliminary squad.
SUS Player is serving a suspension.
WD Player withdrew for personal reasons.

  • First match selection [15]

Records[]

*Active players in bold, statistics correct as of 2021.

Competitive record[]

FIFA Women's World Cup[]

FIFA Women's World Cup record
Year Round GP W D* L GS GA GD
China 1991 to Canada 2015 Did not exist
France 2019 Did not enter
AustraliaNew Zealand 2023 To be determined
Total 0/1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Africa Women Cup of Nations[]

Africa Women Cup of Nations record
Year Round GP W D* L GS GA GD
1991 to Namibia 2014 Did not exist
Cameroon 2016 to Ghana 2018 Did not enter
2020 Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic in Africa
Morocco 2022 Did Not Qualify
Total 0/2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

All−time record against FIFA recognized nations[]

The list shown below shows the Tunisia national football team all−time international record against opposing nations.

Key
  Positive balance (more wins than losses)
  Neutral balance (as many wins as losses)
  Negative balance (more losses than wins)
Against Pld W D L GF GA GD Confederation
 Tanzania 1 0 0 1 0 7 −7 CAF
 Guinea-Bissau 2 0 0 2 0 2 −2 CAF
 Algeria 1 0 0 1 0 5 -5 CAF
 Morocco 1 0 0 1 0 5 -5 CAF
 Tunisia 1 0 0 1 0 3 −3 CAF
 Djibouti 1 0 0 1 1 03 -2 CAF

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "The FIFA/Coca-Cola Women's World Ranking". FIFA. 10 December 2021. Retrieved 10 December 2021.
  2. ^ https://www.ffrim.org/articles/selections-premiere-sortie-officielle-des-feminines
  3. ^ Chrös McDougall (1 January 2012). Soccer. ABDO. p. 45. ISBN 978-1-61783-146-1. Retrieved 13 April 2012.
  4. ^ "Mauritania : Fixtures and Results". FIFA. Archived from the original on 22 June 2011. Retrieved 2 June 2012.
  5. ^ a b c d e f FIFA (2006). "Women's Football Today" (PDF): 128. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 August 2012. Retrieved 17 April 2012. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  6. ^ a b "Goal! Football: Mauritania" (PDF). FIFA. 21 April 2009. p. 4. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 July 2012. Retrieved 1 June 2012.
  7. ^ "Fixtures - African Women Championship 2010 - CAF". Cafonline.com. Archived from the original on 14 April 2012. Retrieved 13 April 2012.
  8. ^ "Groups & standings - All Africa Games women 2011 - CAF". Cafonline.com. Archived from the original on 10 May 2012. Retrieved 13 April 2012.
  9. ^ "The FIFA Women's World Ranking". FIFA.com. 25 September 2009. Archived from the original on 8 October 2011. Retrieved 13 April 2012.
  10. ^ "Goal! Football: Mauritania" (PDF). FIFA. 21 April 2009. p. 1. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 July 2012. Retrieved 1 June 2012.
  11. ^ a b Gabriel Kuhn (24 February 2011). Soccer Vs. the State: Tackling Football and Radical Politics. PM Press. p. 34. ISBN 978-1-60486-053-5. Retrieved 13 April 2012.
  12. ^ Jean Williams (15 December 2007). A Beautiful Game: International Perspectives on Women's Football. Berg. p. 186. ISBN 978-1-84520-674-1. Retrieved 13 April 2012.
  13. ^ a b Peter Alegi (2 March 2010). African Soccerscapes: How a Continent Changed the World's Game. Ohio University Press. ISBN 978-0-89680-278-0. Retrieved 22 April 2012.
  14. ^ "Mauritania squad". Facebook. MFF. 24 August 2021. Archived from the original on 24 December 2021. Retrieved 25 August 2021.
  15. ^ "Football Féminin : Abdoulaye Diallo à dévoilé sa sélection pour le match amical contre le DJIBOUTI ET le tournoi international du COTIF". 29 July 2019.

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